Package wrap and receptacle.



PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

R. R. LAWSON. PACKAGE WRAP AND REGBPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 18. 1903,

no MODEL.

UNITED STATES Iatented November 24, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT R. LAWSON, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR TO MARY C. GORMAN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKAGE WRAP AND RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 745,283, dated November24, 1903.

Application filed March 18, 1903- Serial No. 148,342. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT E. LAWSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPackage Wraps and Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in package wraps or receptaclesfor the purpose of providing a cheap, simple, and at the same timedurable wrap for materials such as silks, crape, ribbons, gloves, andthe like when the same are to be sold in commerce at retail for deliveryor otherwise. There is at present no convenient or speedy wrap for suchpurposes, and goods sold are placed in ordinary paper bags of uncertainsize and rolled together in an unsightly bundle, to the damage of suchgoods and the discomfort of the purchaser, or time is taken to carefullyfold and wrap the goods in paper and tie them up with a cord. Noprovision is made for sealing them, and when goods are delivered at thehouses of the purchasers such packages may be readily opened by anyunauthorized persons and portions of the contents be abstracted and thepackage rewrapped, to the loss or embarrassment of both seller andpurchaser.

My device is designed to provide a neat,

sealed, and edective package by which dis-- comfort, loss, and loss oftime areavoided.

I construct a package wrapor receptacle of any desired shape or size ofManila or other paper reinforced by cardboard or such suitable material.The cardboard forms the interior of the package wrap or receptacle andthe paper the outside, the whole being firm and stiff enough to retainits shape.

The device is open at one or both ends, and into the open end or endsthe goods are slipped when folded. At the opening or openings a flap isattached to one side of the-device, which flap is folded over theopening after the manner usual with envelops; but to the end of thisflap I have attached a cord of proper length which when the flap isfolded over the mouth of the wrap the endsof the cord can be loopedabout the body of the package and securely tied.

I have notched the sides of the device at the point where the loop ofthe cord embraces it, and the cord fits into these notches and makes thefastening of said wrap more secure.

For its permanent sealing I have provided a strip of paper which isdetached from the wrap and constructed so that it may operate as a flapwhen folded over the opening in the end of the device. This strip orflap consists of three leaves of sufficient length to cover the mouth ofthe wrap; but one of the leaves of the strip is preferably shorter thanthe other two, this leaf being pasted midway along the strip. One ofthese leaves carries a cord pasted through it, and the remaining two aregummed on the edge. To close the package, the shorter leaf is moistenedand thrust into the opening of the envelop, where it adheres to the sidethereof. The flap containingthe cord is folded over the end, the cordlooped about the body of the package and made fast, and the third sheetis then moistened and folded over the end of the package, where itcovers the knot in the cord and adheres to the side of the package, thussealing it. This makes a substantiallysealed package, the contents ofwhich cannot be disturbed without the breaking of the fastening. Iattain these objects as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents the package wrap or receptacle with an opening atone end. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the detachable flapwith its cord. Fig. 3 shows an end section of the wrap with the flapattached, the third leaf disclosed in the outline pushed into theopening of the device, the second leaf carrying the cord pulled downinto position and the cord looped about the end of the package,while thefirst leaf, constituting now the flap, is ready to be pulled over theopening in the envelop and gummed over the knot in the cord. Fig. 4shows a section of the package with the mouth of the package cover orwrap closed with the cord in position shown in outline. Fig. 5 disclosesthe end section of the package cover or wrap sealed. Fig. 6

is a side View of the closed package cover or wrap with the end flap inplace and sealed. Fig. 7 is a view of the complete package cover or wrapwith both ends provided with openings, one of which is closed and theother showing the detachable flap connected with it, the two leaves inposition in outline and the leaf of the flap to cover the cord inposition for folding over and sealing.

When the package is open at both ends, I provide, of course, thedetachable flap, as in Fig. 2, attached, as is shown in Fig. 7.

For convenience in carrying the package I have provided a cord handle,as shown at a in Fig. 1, which consists of two perforations for eyeletsin the edge of the device, through which is passed a cord, the endsbeing made secure in said perforations.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A package wrap or receptacle,with a cord handle and open at one end,and provided with a detachableflap or cover, said flap consisting of three leaves, one of said leavesprovided with a cord and the remaining leaves containing upon theiredges adhesive gum, for the purposes mentioned and substantially asdescribed.

2. A package wrap or receptacle provided with a cord handle and adetachable flap or cover consisting of three leaves, to one of which isattached a cord, and the remaining leaves containing upon their edgesadhesive gum, for the purposes mentioned and substantially as described.

3. A package wrap or receptacle provided with a cord handle, open atboth ends, with a detachable flap containing three leaves one of whichleaves is provided with a cord and the two remaining leaves containingupon their edges adhesive gum, for the purposes mentioned and asdescribed.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 14th day of March, A. D. 1903.

ROBERT R. LAWSON.

Witnesses:

T. J. GORMAN, I-I. KELLER.

